Holder for transferring fishing line to reel

ABSTRACT

A fish line spool holder for attachment directly to a fishing rod and for holding a new spool of line from which the line can be removed and wound directly onto a fishing reel so that the line will properly wind onto the reel.

United States Patent 1191 1111 3,776,485 Foley et al. Dec. 4, 1973 [54]HOLDER FOR TRANSFERRING FISHING 2,993,661 7 1961 DArrigo 242/106 LINE 0REEL 2,848,778 8/1958 Plummer 3,199,242 8/1965 Holmstrom 43/25Inventors: Charles F. Foley, 3908 Merriam Rd., Minnetonka, Minn. 55343;Charles D. McCarthy, Rt. No. 3, Box 217 BA, Wayzata, Minn. 55391 Filed:Sept. 2, 1971 Appl. No.2 177,403

U.S. Cl. 242/106, 43/25 Int. Cl A0lk 47/06 Field of Search 242/106,84.3, 84.4,

Primary Examiner-George F. Mautz Assistant Examiner-Edward J. McCarthyAttorney-Ralph L. Dugger et al.

[57] ABSTRACT A fish line spool holder for attachment directly to afishing rod and for holding a new spool of line from which the line canbe removed and wound directly onto a fishing reel so that the line willproperly wind onto the reel.

5 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures HOLDER FOR TRANSFERRING FISHING LINE T REELBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to holders forholding new spools of fishing line directly onto a fishing rod so thatthe fishing line can be removed from the spool and wound onto a fishingreel.

In the prior art there has been many different winding devices forloading fishing reel spools from spools of new line. However most ofthese require separate winding devices, or complex attachments andgenerally have not been satisfactory.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a simple rodattachment which will hold a new spool of fishing line, and permit theunwinding of the line from the spool of new line onto the spool of afishing reel with the line properly oriented to prevent twists and kinksin the line. The device holds the line on the spool so that the linewill not accidentally unwind fromthe spool. The attachment is easilyclipped onto afishing rod in the desired position so that the line canbe removed easily; The spool holder may be made of molded plastic, andhas means for retaining the spool in position.

The spool holder caneasily be removed from the rod and replaced whennecessary tochange lines, and can be used with regular bait castingreels, spinning reels, spin cast reels, or anyother type of reelthatiisdesired.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERREDEMBODIMENT Referring to FIG. 1, line spool holder illustrated generallyat is shown installed ona fishing rod 11-. The fishing rod has a handleportion 12. The rod may be of any conventional form that is desired. Afishing reel 13 is mounted onto the handle 12 of the rod and has a reelspool 14, controlled by a crank 15 in the usual manner. As shown, thisis a spinning reel having a bail 16 with which the line is guided.

As shown, line spool holder 10 is a U" shaped member, which ispositioned on itsside and includes a main leg or portion 20, having aresilient clip 21 thereon which fits over the rod and retainsthe leg 20on the rod. The clip 21 as shown in FIG. 4and also in FIG. 2 is shapedto be part cylindrical andopen on one side, and tapers from one end tothe other in its longitudinal direction so that the clip 21 can besnapped onto a rod, and then slid lengthwise on the rod toward thehandle to tighten up onto the rod surface. Most fishing rods of course,taper to smaller diameter toward the outer end of the rod, and the clip21 is made so that the opening for the rod is larger in cross-sectionalsize adjacent the end closest to the reel and tapers to smallerdimension in direction away from the reel 13. The leg 20 also isintegral with a support spindle 22 forming a line spool holder which asshown is split longitudinally, and has two portions 22A and 228. Theportions 22A and 22B are of size to slip within an opening 23 of a linesupply spool 24, and a small retainer knob 25 holds the spool inposition on the spindle 22. The line spool support spindle-22 is joinedto the leg 20 with a curved section 26 molded integrally with thespindle and leg to form a U shaped structure that is open toward thereel 13.

A small rib 27 is molded onto the leg 20, and extends toward the spoolsupport spindle 22 and along the length of the leg 20. This rib 27 ismade so that it will engage the side flanges illustrated at 30 on theopposite sides of the spool 24. The line 31 is wound between these sideflanges 30 on the line spool 24. As shown, the flange 30 closest to thereel 13 is urged against the rib 27 so that the line 31 coming from thesupply spool 24 to the reel 13 has to pass between the rib 27 and flange30. The resilient pressure between the rib 27 and flange 30 keeps the.line from escaping from the spool until some pull is exerted on theline. This resilient force is kept quite light so that the line willpull out underneath the rib27 when the reel 13 is wound, but will beretained on the spool so that it wont fall off the spool when no pull isbeing exerted. The thumb and forefinger of a fisherman illustrated at 32can be used to hold the line 31 coming from the spool 24 to put a dragon the line and make it wind tightly on the reel spool 14. The line ismerely held between the thumb and forefinger or, if desired a suitablefriction drag member could be placed on the line in another manner.

The split sections 22A and 22B of the spool support spindle 22 areresiliently separated so that they are urged againstthe edges of theopening 23 and hold the upper section 22A away from section 22 B so thatthe knob 25 will prevent the spool 24 from coming off the spool supportspindle.

The spool support spindle 22 can be bent toward the leg 20 of the spoolholder to insurethat adequate pressure is exerted-by the flanges ofthespool against the rib 27 to hold the line 31 in place.

The spool could be urged'directly against the leg 20 or'against the rod,if the spool support was constructed differently, for example if clip 21was attached to member 26 and leg 20 was eliminated.

The device is easy to mold, easy to install on a rod, and does preventthe line from falling off the spool until it is'pulled off. Because thespools of new line can be oriented properly so the line 31 can be woundin proper direction onto the reel spool 14 without putting any twists orkinks into the line.

It should be noted that the line spool does not rotate, but rather theline is pulled off the spool sideways or in other words, in axialdirection of the spool. The spool l4of a spinning reel does not rotateeither, but the bail 16 properly winds the line onto the reel spool asthe line is removed from the new line spool.

What is claimed is:

l. A member for retaining'a spool having fishing line wrapped thereon inposition to permit the line to be wound onto a fishing reel, said membercomprising a spool support spindle, means to attach said spindle to afishing rod holding afishing reel to form an assembly, said spindlebeing of size to retain a spool of line thereon, said means to attachsaid spindle resiliently urging said spindle toward said rod to positionwherein an edge of a spool on said spindle engages a portion of saidassembly to thereby retain the line from passing off the side of saidspool between said edge and the engaged portion of said assembly untilexternal force is applied to said line to release said line one wrap ata time from said spool without rotating said spool.

2. The combination as specified in claim 1 wherein said means to attachsaid support spindle to said rod comprises a resilient clip adapted toreceive said rod, said clip tapering in longitudinal direction to asmaller size in direction away from the normal position of the reel onsaid rod when the clip is on a rod.

3. The combination as specified in claim 2 wherein said member is aunitary substantially U shaped member made of a resilient plasticmaterial.

4. A member for retaining a spool of fishing line in position to bewound onto a fishing reel, said member comprising a generally U shapedmember including a first leg, and a second leg forming a spindle joinedto the first leg at one end thereof, a rib longitudinally extendingalong said first leg and extending toward said second leg, means toattach said first leg to a fishing rod, said spindle being positionedwhen attached to said fishing rod substantially parallel to said fishingrod, said spindle being of size to retain a spool of fishing linethereon and said spindle being resiliently urged toward said first legto a position wherein at least one edge of a spool of line on saidspindle engages the edge of said rib, to thereby resiliently retainindividual loops of line on said spool for passing off the side of saidspool between said spool edge and the engaged portion of said rib untilexternal force is applied to said line to pull the line between saidedge and said rib.

5. A member for retaining a spool of fishing line in position to bewound onto a fishing reel, said member comprising a spool supportspindle, means to attach said spindle to a fishing rod holding a fishingreel to form an assembly, said spindle being longitudinally split andincluding two longitudinally extending sections resiliently urged apart,a spool retaining lug on one of said legs to prevent a spool of linefrom coming off the spindle during normal use, said means to attach saidspindle resiliently urging said spindle toward said rod to positionwherein an edge of a spool on said spindle engages a portion of saidassembly to thereby retain line from passing off said spool between saidedge and the engaged portion of said assembly until external force isapplied to said line to pull the line between the engaged portion andsaid edge.

2 3 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No 3,Dated December 1nventr(s) Charles F. Foley et al.

It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent andthat said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

r Column 4, line 5, (Claim 4, line 15) "for" should be 1 --from--;Column 4, line 8, (Claim 4, line 18) before "edge" insert--spool--;Column 4, line 16, (Claim 5, line 8) take out "legs" andinsert--sections--.

Signed and sealed this 23rd day of April 197M.

(SEAL) Attest: V

EDWARD M;PLETCHER,JE.' C. MARSHALL DANN Attesting Qfficer .yvCommissioner of Patent:

1. A member for retaining a spool having fishing line wrapped thereon inposition to permit the line to be wound onto a fishing reel, said membercomprising a spool support spindle, means to attach said spindle to afishing rod holding a fishing reel to form an assembly, said spindlebeing of size to retain a spool of line thereon, said means to attachsaid spindle resiliently urging said spindle toward said rod to positionwherein an edge of a spool on said spindle engages a portion of saidassembly to thereby retain the line from passing off the side of saidspool between said edge and the engaged portion of said assembly untilexternal force is applied to said line to release said line one wrap ata time from said spool without rotating said spool.
 2. The combinationas specified in claim 1 wherein said means to attach said supportspindle to said rod comprises a resilient clip adapted to receive saidrod, said clip tapering in longitudinal direction to a smaller size indirection away from the normal position of the reel on said rod when theclip is on a rod.
 3. The combination as specified in claim 2 whereinsaid member is a unitary substantially U shaped member made of aresilient plastic material.
 4. A member for retaining a spool of fishingline in position to be wound onto a fishing reel, said member comprisinga generally U shaped member including a first leg, and a second legforming a spindle joined to the first leg at one end thereof, a riblongitudinally extending along said first leg and extending toward saidsecond leg, means to attach said first leg to a fishing rod, saidspindle being positioned when attached to said fishing rod substantiallyparallel to said fishing rod, said spindle being of size to retain aspool of fishing line thereon and said spindle being resiliently urgedtoward said first leg to a position wherein at least one edge of a spoolof line on said spindle engages the edge of said rib, to therebyresiliently retain individual loops of line on said spool for passingoff the side of said spool between said spool edge and the engagedportion of said rib until external force is applied to said line to pullthe line between said edge and said rib.
 5. A member for retaining aspool of fishing line in position to be wound onto a fishing reel, saidmember comprising a spool support spindle, means to attach said spindleto a fishing rod holding a fishing reel to form an assembly, saidspindle being longitudinally split and including two longitudinallyextending sections resiliently urged apart, a spool retaining lug on oneof said legs to prevent a spool of line from coming off the spindleduring normal use, said means to attach said spindle resiliently urgingsaid spindle toward said rod to position wherein an edge of a spool onsaid spindle engages a portion of said assembly to thereby retain linefrom passing off said spool between said edge and the engaged portion ofsaid assembly until external force is applied to said line to pull theline between the engaged portion and said edge.